This might very well be a stupid question, but are the drums real or electronic on Thy Mighty Contract? I have heard claims for both types, but I honestly think they sound real. Shit, if they are fake they are one of about 5 albums I have ever heard with good sounding drum machines.

I wonder what makes the drums sound so fucking good then...total 80s heaviness.

...a good Drum Machine and someone who knows how to properly run one. Alot of people will say that the Boss DR-880 Dr. Rhythm is the best DM out there, but I have always liked Akai's, and it is $100 cheaper._________________Pure Stench Forums: Noise, Power Electronics, Noisecore, Metal, etc.

When we hear that bands use a drum machine I wonder if they actually mean that they used a V-Drum set with an actual drummer playing them. When I listen to "Thy Mighty Contract" it still feels "human" to me even though it sounds like a machine.

When I interviewed Jim Mutilator around '95 he claimed the drums to be real... not sure where that leaves us, but that was direct from one of the horses mouths so to speak. Doesn't explain the sound necessarily, but..._________________Ashes to ashes
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Being a studio nerd I can tell you, at least 70% of Metal albums from the late '80s/early '90s -
especially Thrash albums - were recorded with completely triggered, or even electronic kits. This includes:

On some they just replaced the kick, snare & toms with electronic samples, but on many it was actual electronic drum pads!
If you listen to the isolated drum tracks from "...And Justice for All" (Which can be ripped from Guitar Hero)
you'll hear that Lars' kick is 100% fake, though the rest of the kit seems to be real._________________-Patrick (CRYPTICUS)
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When I interviewed Jim Mutilator around '95 he claimed the drums to be real... not sure where that leaves us, but that was direct from one of the horses mouths so to speak. Doesn't explain the sound necessarily, but...

I went on tour withe those guys around the "Non serviam" time, and Sauron (Efthimis if I am not wrong, the drummer) told me he recorded the durms and the Magus Wampyr did some process where it was his beat but with a pre-recorded sound, form a drum machine...go figure out what it really meant, but it does makes sense after a while...it does have mechanical parts and human beats..._________________Unbound celestial assassins...

It sounds to me that it is the same game as D666 and their "Phoenix Rising". Human is playing the drums and then it get "digitalized" or something like this. But I am a layperson about this all..._________________ = KILL I == KILL II =

Being a studio nerd I can tell you, at least 70% of Metal albums from the late '80s/early '90s -
especially Thrash albums - were recorded with completely triggered, or even electronic kits. This includes:

Being a studio nerd I can tell you, at least 70% of Metal albums from the late '80s/early '90s -
especially Thrash albums - were recorded with completely triggered, or even electronic kits. This includes: